I think the probability is very low, but anyway like you have both housings in your hands, can you check the possibility to fit the D700 in the N10 housing.
If they have similar dimensions like you said, the back door of the ND700 fit in the N10?

Thanks in advance for your information and have a nice trip to Red Sea.

I remain unconvinced about the 14-24mm. I don't see that a the extra 10 degrees of coverage relative to the 17-35mm (114˚ versus 104˚) would be worth not being able to use a dioptre for the sake of those corners.

I'm only taking that 17-35mm for the oceanics anyway. All the other wide angle is fisheye in the Red Sea. And from looking at the subal super dome I would not expect it to improve on fisheye performance over their 8" FE dome.

And the Super-dome would take up my entire luggage allowance in one go!

I wrote most of the review on the plane last night, so should have answers soon. Regarding the corner sharpness with the 17-35mm, I did a series of tests shooting the same subjects at a range of apertures.

I wrote most of the review on the plane last night, so should have answers soon. Regarding the corner sharpness with the 17-35mm, I did a series of tests shooting the same subjects at a range of apertures.

Alex

Alex,

How do you rate the 17-35mm with the Subal D700 combination against the Nikon 12-24 on a cropped sensor?

I'm intending to switch to the D700 as I have long wished for the advantages of the bright full frame viewfinder that I got with film. Although I have had 3 Subal housings I am not certain that I will use the ND700. I like the idea of fibre linked strobes driven off the pop-up flash (like Nexus and others). Only wish Subal would adopt this. Any thoughts?

How do you rate the 17-35mm with the Subal D700 combination against the Nikon 12-24 on a cropped sensor?

That is a difficult question. Neither is 100% perfect, but if you get both set up correctly, both will give entirely acceptable results. A lot of people don't get them set up correctly. I don't think I have reached the optimum on the D700 with the 17-35mm, but if and when I buy a camera, I will experiment in detail and share my findings.

I also think that the pop-up flash/optical TTL option on the Subal D700 would be useful. I should have mentioned the lack of it in my review. The downside of it is that it limits you to using Japanese strobes which all have colour temperatures above 5400K.